Clean energy: Still a wedge issue that favors Democrats

Oh, wait, not this kind of wedge? In his much remarked-upon interview with Rolling Stone , President Obama said some (in my view fairly tepid and passive) things about climate change. What interested me more is the very first bit: Let’s talk about the campaign. Given all we’ve heard about and learned during the GOP primaries, what’s your take on the state of the Republican Party, and what do you think they stand for? First of all, I think it’s important to distinguish between Republican politicians and people around the country who consider themselves Republicans. I don’t think there’s been a huge change in the country. … But what’s happened, I think, in the Republican caucus in Congress, and what clearly happened with respect to Republican candidates, was a shift to an agenda that is far out of the mainstream – and, in fact, is contrary to a lot of Republican precepts. I ...